Means for transmitting motion to shafts at various angles



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MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION T0 SHAFTS AT VARIUUS ANGLES.

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MEANS FR TRANSMITTING MTION T0 SHAFTS AT VARIOUS ANGLES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. MOOERS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND`MESNEASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALE TO ALANSON IVOOD, OF SAME PLACE, AND EDWARDW'ISNER, OF RICHLAND, LOUISIANA.

MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION TO SHAFTS AT VARIOUS ANGLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,862, dated Octobel`25, 1898.

Application filed September 15, 1897. Serial No. 651,729. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. MooERs, of Toledo, county of Lucas, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMeans for Transmitting Motion to Shafts at Various Angles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereomwhich form part of this specication.

My invention relates to means for transmitting motion to shafts atvarious angles, and has for its object to provide a mechanism wherebyone or a plurality of shafts may be relatively coupled to adriving-shaft at any angle or angles.

A further object is to eliminate the friction to a minimum bycounterbalancing the reciprocating portions of the mechanism.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on lines at fr. Fig. 3 is anelevation of the journals and casing. Fig. A is an isometric view of thereciprocating sleeve. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a counterbalanceddisk-crank.

In carrying out my invention I journal in the casing 1 a plurality ofshafts 2, radiating from the central point 3. shafts 2, adjacent to theinner.face of the journals l', are secured disk-cranks 4, having securedthereto crank-pins 5. Centrally of the casing l and of the differentradial shafts a post 6 is secured to the base 7 at right angles to theshafts. Mounted upon post 6 is an oscillating reciprocating sleeve 8,having integral with the body portion 9 projecting lugs 10. Pivotallysecured by suitable means between the lugs 10 are oscillating journals11, engaging the crank-pins 5. The casing 45 1 is preferably made in twosections 12 and 13, which are secured at the journals by means of bolts14,' engaging coincident projecting lugs 15, integral with the body ofthe journal-bearings.

To each of the.

To prevent lateral motion of the shafts within the journal-bearings', acollar 16 is secured to each shaft. The post 6 is secured to thecasingsection 12 by suitable means.

17 designates a base-plate properly secured to the casing 1 and is ofsuch form as to allow of its use in various positions. The diskcranks Acomprise a hub portion 18, having an annular disk 19 integral therewithand in which the crank-pins 5 are secured. Diametrically opposite thecrank-pins is a weighted portion 20, integral with the disk, therebycounterbalancing the weight of the crankpins, oscillating reciprocatingsleeve, and oscillating journals pivotally secured thereto.

In the operation of the device either ofthe shafts may be used as thedriving-shaft, the revolution thereof causing the sleeve 8 toreciprocate and oscillate in its reciprocation. The crank-pin journalspivotally secured between the projecting lugs integralwith the body ofthe sleeve 8 are caused to oscillate,

and simultaneously with these several move- Y.

ments the crank-pins will reciprocate within the oscillating crank-pinjournals, causing the shafts connected to the oscillating reciprocatingsleeve to revolve'in the same direction as the driving-shaft by thecoaction of the connecting mechanism.

It is obvious from the foregoing that the `driven shaft or shafts can berevolved at any angle relatively to the intersecting point of the lineof the shaft, and I wish it to be understood that I may employ thismechanism to revolve one or a plurality of driven shafts in the samedirection as the driving-shaft.

What I claim is- 1. In means for transmitting motion to shafts atvarious angles,a frame, j ournal-bearings integral with the frame,shafts mounted therein in alinement, a central post secured to the frameat right' angles to the shaft, a sleeve mounted thereon, havingprojecting lugs, boxes pivotally secured between the projecting lugs,crank-pins mounted therein and secured to a crank, and shafts mounted inthe journalboxes and secured to the cranks.

2. In means for transmitting motion to shafts at Various angles, a framehaving journal-bearings integral therewitlnshafts mounted Within saidbearings, a post secured to the frame, a reciprocating oscillatingsleeve mounted upon the post, lugs integral with the sleeve andprojecting therefrom, crankpin boxes pivotallysecured between the lugs,shafts mounted Within the journal-bearings of the frame, disk-crankssecured thereon having a counterbalance diametrically opposite andequivalent to the Weight of the re-

